Wednesday, 1 April 2026

Author: Faruqi Jeniri

Kitchen wares, electrical items destroyed in fire

KUCHING: A house at Mile 13, along Kuching/Serian road caught fire at about 10am on Monday. Fortunately, no one was hurt in the fire. Upon receiving the call the Fire and Rescue Services Department straight away rushed to the scene where they saw the kitchen was on fire. The refrigerator

WIEF: Various quarters call on CM

KUCHING: Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Abang Openg yesterday received some courtesy calls in conjunction with the 13th World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF) official opening at Borneo Convention Centre Kuching (BCCK) in Kuching. Coming for the first courtesy call was Singapore High Commissioner to Malaysia Vanu Gopala Manon.

PM receives courtesy calls

KUCHING : Prime Minister Datuk Patinggi Mohd Najib Tun Abdul Razak yesterday received courtesy calls from several World Muslim leaders in conjunction with the World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF) at the Borneo Convention Centre Kuching (BCCK). The first to call him was Dr Saad Eddine Othmani, the Prime Minister of Morocco,

M’sia, China to collaborate on Halal trade

KUCHING: The Shaanxi Halal Food Chamber of Commerce and Malaysia-Shaanxi Business Council signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) yesterday at the 13th World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF) to establish a cooperative relationship for the development of Halal-related economic opportunities for both Malaysian companies to China and Chinabased companies to Malaysia.

ACS unhappy with federal government’s stance

KUCHING: The Association of Churches in Sarawak (ACS) is deeply concerned with the stand of the Federal Government taken in the recent case of Jill Ireland vs Minister of Home Affairs (involving the wrongful seizure of several Christian CD’s bearing the word Allah by the authorities from a Bumiputra Christian

16 MoU exchanges on first day of WIEF

KUCHING : 16 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) exchanges were witnessed yesterday by Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak at the sideline of the 13th World Islamic Economic Forum (13th WIEF 2017) held at Borneo Convention Centre Kuching (BCCK). The first MoU exchange was between Sacofa Sdn Bhd Malaysia and PT

GST Tax Ambassadors Programme 25 Nov

THE GST Unit of Royal Malaysian Customs Department is introducing “Good & Services Tax (GST) Ambassadors Programme” to help small businesses in solving their GST issues as well as to guide them to follow the right procedures in paying the consumption tax, said a press statement yesterday. GST has been

Benefitial bread making classes

SRI AMAN: Bread and cake making could be made into one’s hobby and for self consumption of family members as well as making it as a small enterprise to earn extra income for the family. If made accordingly, the cakes or bread are not only tasty but will enjoy brisk

210 attend WWTC programme

SIBU: 210 Armed Forces Family Welfare Body (BAKAT) members took part in a Mega Wisma Training Centre (WWTC) programme held at Rascom Camp, Mile 10, Jalan Oya Lama yesterday. Minister of Welfare, Women, and Community Wellbeing, Datuk Fatimah Abdullah said that the programme which was introduced in 2015 aimed to

Parents of special children appeal for a safer classroom

LAWAS : Parents of pupils from the Integrated Special Education Programme (PPKI) of Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Pusat Lawas are appealing to the state government to move their children’s classroom to a safer location. They point out that the current classroom is isolated and not safe, and only accessible by a